On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Guan Zhiyue woke up in bed, turned her head and saw the man sleeping next to her, and immediately screamed.

"ah!!!!!!!!"

Upon hearing this, Li Qiji quickly flipped over and pinned Guan Zhiyue down, covering her mouth with his hand and whispering, "Don't scream, I'll let you go."

Guan Zhiyue opened her mouth wide, then blinked twice, trying to recall what had happened last night. She had clearly returned to the Cold Palace, so how long had it been since this jerk arrived? How did he get here? How did he come in? Why didn't she feel anything at all?

She clearly remembered that she hadn't drunk too much last night and had returned to the Cold Palace quite sober. After returning, she ate hot pot with the servants in the Cold Palace and then asked Bilian to bring a few bottles of wine from her room.

wine!

"Damn, she's really drunk!" That was the first thing Guan Zhiyue said after her mouth was released.

Li Qiji, who had just sat up, listened to what Guan Zhiyue was saying and was at a loss for words.

Last night, he had shocked the entire palace because of this woman, and he hadn't seen her for a long time. So after the banquet, he washed up in Chengqian Palace and came to the Cold Palace, hoping to have a good chat with her. But when he arrived at the Cold Palace, he saw Guan Zhiyue lying on the bed with her face flushed red.

It was still a bit chilly, so I thought I'd pull the blanket over her. But the woman suddenly opened her eyes, then reached out with her long arms and pulled me onto the bed.

Then he hugged his arm tightly and wouldn't let go, and then fell into a deep sleep. He just stared blankly at himself, then covered himself with the blanket, kicked it off, and covered himself with the blanket again all night.

Finally, as dawn approached, the damned woman finally fell asleep. I had only dozed off for a short while when I heard her screaming like a pig being slaughtered.

"What are you doing in my palace?" Guan Zhiyue looked down at the arrogant man who was standing on her genitals, and with a sidestep, kicked him off her genitals.

As she turned over, Li Qiji quickly lay down on his side and pressed down on Guan Zhiyue's head.

"hoarse...."

Guan Zhiyue reached out and covered her head, which was being pulled painfully, and shot him a glare. Li Qiji touched his nose awkwardly. He was embarrassed too. If she hadn't kicked him, he wouldn't have put his hand on her hair, would he?

"Um, sorry, I didn't mean to step on your hair. I'll be more careful next time!"

Upon hearing that there would be a next time, Guan Zhiyue immediately stopped covering her head, grabbed a pillow from the side, and started hitting the stinky man next to her.

"You filthy scoundrel, you dead man, what are you doing in my palace? Bah, you stinking stallion, you little trash..." Guan Zhiyue hit and cursed, using every word she could think of.

Li Qiji got up from the bed and stood by the bedside looking at Guan Zhiyue, who was still frantically waving her pillow. He felt it was incomprehensible. Was this something a mother of a country should be doing?

I am the ruler of a country. Even if they did something last night, it is perfectly natural. She is his lawfully wedded mother of the nation, and he is her husband, her man. How can she wake up in the morning and beat her husband? Besides, nothing happened last night, yet she is beaten by this crazy woman.

Li Qiji was furious and had nowhere to vent his anger. What kind of mess was this? On New Year's Day, he was being beaten and kicked by this crazy woman. Did he have no regard for his dignity as the emperor?

Li Qiji grew angrier the more he thought about it. Then, looking at Guan Zhiyue sitting on the bed, he pounced on her in a fit of rage, which startled Guan Zhiyue so much that she started kicking and thrashing about.

They showed Li Qiji absolutely no respect.

Li Qiji forcefully pinned Guan Zhiyue's hand behind her head with one hand, pressed down on Guan Zhiyue's kicking legs with both feet, and bit down on Guan Zhiyue's collarbone. He tasted blood in his mouth before releasing Guan Zhiyue's collarbone.

He then sucked on Guan Zhiyue's breasts until he drew a huge red mark. Only then did he release Guan Zhiyue with satisfaction, retreat to the edge of the bed, and press down on her from above.

Guan Zhiyue glared fiercely at the scoundrel standing in front of her, not daring to say anything more. She was afraid that if she said or did anything more, this scoundrel would go crazy and tear her apart. If looks could kill, she would let her use her eyes to kill this dead man in front of her.

Seeing that Guan Zhiyue was no longer saying anything, Li Qiji said somewhat guiltily, "Well, don't hit or scold me. I won't do anything to you. Besides, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. It's only natural that I and the Empress are in the same room."

"Now that you have married me and become my empress, you must shoulder the responsibilities of an empress. Well, I heard from my mother yesterday that you are unwell, so I will not do anything to you. Just take good care of yourself."

Guan Zhiyue was completely dumbfounded when she heard Li Qiji's words. Was this the same man who had murdered his father, brother, concubine, and former imperial concubine?

"Your Majesty, are you born in the Year of the Dog?" Guan Zhiyue blurted out after hearing Li Qiji's words.

Li Qiji: "..."

"How dare you, Empress! Don't test my limits!"

Guan Zhiyue suddenly felt confident again and shouted, "Aren't you a dog? Why are you biting me?"

Upon hearing this, Li Qiji instantly laughed in anger. Why did this damned woman think so differently from everyone else? If he had treated other women like that, they would probably have already washed their necks and were waiting for him to bite them. This woman actually called him a dog.

"As the mother of the nation, Your Majesty should speak more properly and stop spouting nonsense all day long. Doesn't Your Majesty know what my zodiac sign is?"

Guan Zhiyue laughed when she heard this. She really didn't know what this guy's zodiac sign was, but she didn't want to argue with him anymore. She just wanted to know why this scoundrel had come to her cold palace last night and even shared a bed with her.

Looking at Guan Zhiyue, who was sitting on the bed in a daze, Li Qiji kindly reminded her, "Your Majesty should get up early to wash and dress up, and come with me to pay New Year's respects to the Empress Dowager."

Guan Zhiyue looked up at the stinky man in front of her, not wanting to say anything more. Li Qiji also stopped talking and directly called in the people waiting at the door.

"Someone, prepare water!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a line of people filed in, and a long queue of palace maids came in from the doorway carrying various things.

A young palace maid entered to help Guan Zhiyue change her clothes, and saw that Guan Zhiyue's clothes were already stained with blood.

"Your Majesty, you are bleeding. Should we summon the imperial physician?"

Upon hearing this, Li Qiji, a eunuch who was helping Guan Zhiyue dress, rushed over anxiously. He then noticed that Guan Zhiyue's inner garment, around her collarbone, was soaked with blood. He couldn't believe he hadn't used much force. How could this be?

"Hua Quan, quickly summon the imperial physician!" Li Qiji called anxiously towards the door as he watched Guan Zhiyue.

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After the imperial physician arrived, the news spread throughout the palace that their empress had been injured by their emperor, and that the imperial physician had to be summoned to the palace to stop the bleeding. Many people said that the emperor was experiencing his first love and now wanted women, and that he was inexperienced and didn't know any better, which is why he injured the empress.

In the end, all sorts of versions circulated, and all sorts of messy stories spread. This was the first shocking revelation of the new year, and it was the talk of the town for a full three months before it finally stopped.